Does anyone else get mjpls vibes when a black woman refers to herself as brown?

[MajesticLion]

 

[JackRoss]

I don't think I've ever heard a black woman says this

Whenever I've heard someone refer to themselves as "brown" as a racial identity, they're Indian, Arab, or Hispanic.

If there are women of African descent claiming this, that's pretty questionable.

Where are they people from?

 

[LevelUp]

Such a stupid ass fukking thread but that typical of op

 

[Ganso Bomb]

Where are they people from?

When I said "women of African descent", I just meant black women in general. I didn't want to keep repeating the same words.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

I’m not talking about the phrase “brown skinned”

I mean a black woman literally referring to herself as as brown in place of black.

“As a brown woman”, “I am a brown girl”, etc.

Nah, I've never met a black woman refer to herself as brown.

Indian, South American, Malaysian, Arab, North Egypt, South Asian (Filipino, Thai, Indonesian), Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Cuban, Puerto Rico), yes. But not black women.

 

[JackRoss]

When I said "women of African descent", I just meant black women in general. I didn't want to keep repeating the same words.

Gotta be specific. Some never seen white people in majority black countries but would fukk for a cup of milk or rice. Or leave their family for a better life. Or sellout their own people for a cup of milk and bread for white man. They still sell them to Arabs

 

[Kasgoinjail]

When I'm tryna catch a taxi in Jamaica they literally shout

'Brownin, you going up?'

 

[RARI_Godwind]

I’m brown too no Nap
If I swear I’m bronze.
I just accept being called Black cuz I ain’t finna argue with literally everybody every second of everyday.

 

[Th3Birdman]

We are Black culturally, Brown physically/literally.

I don't have a problem with this. I have always thought Hispanics calling themselves what we literally ARE was silly. When I was a kid, I called myself brown too, because I was fighting against that notion specifically.


At that time in my life, I had noticed everything negative was referred to as Black: Black Magic, Black Sheep, Black Mark, Black Death, Black Guard, Blackmail, Black (Dark) humor, etc.

So naturally, I saw them calling US "Black" even though we was brown as a fukking negative


It wasn't until I reached my 20s that I became comfortable with referring to myself in that same way, when I realized our sense of community was defined through our "Blackness". Now these days in my 30s, I don't give a fukk-- I'm Black and I'm proud. Anybody got a problem with that, come see me.

 

[Braman]

It’s not just chicks. People use when they clearly

gang all day

 

[The Burger King]

We are Black culturally, Brown physically/literally.

I don't have a problem with this. I have always thought Hispanics calling themselves what we literally ARE was silly. When I was a kid, I called myself brown too, because I was fighting against that notion specifically.


At that time in my life, I had noticed everything negative was referred to as Black: Black Magic, Black Sheep, Black Mark, Black Death, Black Guard, Blackmail, Black (Dark) humor, etc.

So naturally, I saw them calling US "Black" even though we was brown as a fukking negative


It wasn't until I reached my 20s that I became comfortable with referring to myself in that same way, when I realized our sense of community was defined through our "Blackness". Now these days in my 30s, I don't give a fukk-- I'm Black and I'm proud. Anybody got a problem with that, come see me.

Basically this.

I always kinda thought both the concepts of “white” and “black” are stupid because they basically erase someone’s heritage.

But I also understand why said concept exists and I’m not one to try and force someone to view the world the way that I do.